Department of Physics and Astronomy - The University of Iowa

Information about the University of Iowa Dept. of Physics and Astronomy (work in progress):

Annals of a University of Iowa Department: From Natural Philosophy to Physics and Astronomy
(report from early 1850s to 1979) by James P. Wells
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, June 1980. (file size: 60 MB)

Department brochures and sections from University of Iowa course catalogs (in PDF format):

1959-1960 brochure	~1960 brochure	~1960 science brochure (14MB)	~1960 science brochure (7MB),
1960-1961 brochure	1961-1962 brochure	1964-1966 brochure	1966 catalog
1967 catalog	1968-1970 brochure	1970-1972 catalog	1972-1974 catalog
1983-84 brochure	1985-86 brochure	1986-88 brochure	1989-90 brochure
1993-94 brochure	1997-99 brochure	2002-03 brochure

University of Iowa Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Leadership (1951 to 2021):
(DEO=Departmental Executive Officer):

1951-June 1985, (Head) James Van Allen

June 1985 - Nov. 1, 1991 -- (Chair) Dwight Nicholson

Nov. 1, 1991 - June 1997 -- (Chair) Gerald Payne

July 1997 - April 2001 -- (DEO) Wayne Polyzou

May 2001 - June 2009 -- (DEO) Thomas Boggess

July 2009 - June 2014 -- (DEO) Mary Hall Reno

July 2014 - June 2020 -- (DEO) Fred Skiff

July 2020 - Dec. 2022 -- (DEO) Philip Kaaret

Jan. 2023 - present -- (DEO) Mary Hall Reno

Information about University of Iowa space physics research

History of the University's name - summarized by the University of Iowa Archivist in 2010. (PDF file)

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